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Influential Electronic Music Producer Akira Complex Has Died

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Influential Electronic Music Producer Akira Complex Has Died

Influential electronic music producer Akira Complex has died, according to their former label. Complex’s death was announced today by Attack The Music, a Los Angeles-based independent record label with whom they released a number of albums. Revered […]

George Winston, pianist of pastoral scenes, has died at 73 : NPR

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George Winston, pianist of pastoral scenes, has died at 73 : NPR

George Winston performs onstage at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville in 2019. Jason Davis/Getty Images for NAMM hide caption toggle caption Jason Davis/Getty Images for NAMM George Winston performs onstage at the […]

Lauren Bacall & Frank Sinatra’s Affair Began Before Humphrey Bogart Died

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Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, and Anita Ekberg at Romanoff's Restaurant in 1955

Thanks to their marriage and the movies they made together, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall became known simply as Bogie and Bacall. And since their names are often mentioned in the same breath to this […]

Reuben Wilson, organist who helped usher in soul jazz, has died at 88 : NPR

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Reuben Wilson, organist who helped usher in soul jazz, has died at 88 : NPR

Reuben Wilson’s Hammond B-3 grooves for Blue Note Records found a second life in samples, particular on Nas’ “Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park).” Francis Wolff/© Blue Note Records hide caption toggle caption Francis Wolff/© […]

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has died at age 70 : NPR

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Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has died at age 70 : NPR

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho was always searching for new timbres of instrumental sound. Raphael Gaillarde/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Raphael Gaillarde/Getty Images Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho was always searching for new timbres of instrumental […]

Tom Clancy Died In 2013. So Who Owns And Profits From The Jack Ryan Character Today? It’s A Fascinating And Tangled Web!

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Tom Clancy Died In 2013. So Who Owns And Profits From The Jack Ryan Character Today? It's A Fascinating And Tangled Web!

If you’re like me, you LOVE Tom Clancy books and movies. Specifically, Tom Clancy books and movies that involve his character Jack Ryan. I’d be hard-pressed to name a better movie in history than Clear […]

Tina Turner Has Died, But She Will Forever Be Simply the Best

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Tina Turner in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Tina Turner, the indisputable Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, has sadly passed away at the age of 83. According to her representatives, the singer and actor transitioned in her Switzerland abode after a lengthy illness. […]

Billy Corgan says he ‘lost his greatest opponent’ when Kurt Cobain died

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The singer revealed in the interview that even though both Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana often went toe-to-toe with each other during the 1990s, he still respected the late Nirvana frontman.

Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan revealed Monday that the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994 left him extremely upset because he felt like he had “lost his greatest opponent.” “When Kurt died, I cried because […]

Harry Belafonte has died at age 96 : NPR

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Harry Belafonte has died at age 96 : NPR

A 1976 portrait of the singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. He died Tuesday at age 96. AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP/Getty Images A 1976 portrait of the singer, actor and activist Harry […]

Ahmad Jamal, influential pianist and composer, has died

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Ahmad Jamal, influential pianist and composer, has died

Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his bestselling interpretation of “Poinciana,” has died, according […]